Alpine Linux Base Image

A minimal, secure Alpine Linux base image with essential tools for containerized applications.

📦 What's Included

• Base OS: Alpine Linux 3.22
• Init system: tini for proper PID 1 behavior
• User tools: su-exec for privilege dropping
• Shell environment: Custom profile with enhanced prompt and aliases

🛠️ Usage

Pull from Registry

docker pull ghcr.io/skriptzip/alpine:main

Build Locally

# Build with default Alpine version (3.22)
docker build -t my-alpine .

# Build with specific Alpine version
docker build --build-arg ALPINE_TAG=3.21 -t my-alpine .

Run Container

# Interactive shell
docker run -it --rm ghcr.io/skriptzip/alpine:main

# Run with custom command
docker run --rm ghcr.io/skriptzip/alpine:main echo "Hello World"

# Run as specific user (using su-exec)
docker run --rm ghcr.io/skriptzip/alpine:main su-exec 1000:1000 whoami

Use as Base Image

FROM ghcr.io/skriptzip/alpine:main

# Your application setup
RUN apk add --no-cache python3 py3-pip
COPY app.py /app/
WORKDIR /app

# Use su-exec to run as non-root
CMD ["su-exec", "1000:1000", "python3", "app.py"]

🏗️ Build Arguments

Argument	Default	Description
ALPINE_TAG	3.22	Alpine Linux version to use as base

Example:

docker build --build-arg ALPINE_TAG=3.21 -t my-alpine .

🤝 Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request